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Bist du denn wirklich so fern, lieblicher, glänzender Stern? Sehne mich stündlich von hier, Wandelnder, heimlich zu dir. Blickest so hell durch die Nacht, still, bis die Sorge erwacht, schimmerst am Morgen noch spät, matt, wenn die Sonne ersteht. Winket dein freundliches Licht Frieden und Ruhe mir nicht? Schau ich dich, blinkenden Stern, möcht' ich ja sterben so gern.
Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Clara Schumann, née Wieck (1819 - 1896), "Der Abendstern" [ sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "De avondster", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (David Kenneth Smith) , "The evening star", copyright © 1996, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "L'étoile du soir", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 59
Are you then really so far, loveliest glittering star? Secretly each hour I am yearning to travel to you. Brightly you look through the night, still, until sorrow awakes, shimmering long in the light, faint, with the rising of sun. Doesn't your intimate light bid me to peacefully lie? Seeing you, glittering star - yes, I would so gladly die.
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 1996 by David Kenneth Smith, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., please ask the copyright-holder(s) directly.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 60